for years I have always used pretty basic bowling shoes, nothing fancy, $45 Brunswick as an example.  These cheaper shoes are not designed for righty or lefty and both shoes can equally slide.  Well I got a pair of Dexter SSt5 in a deal on here and went to use them, and I nearly fell over and tripped every approach.  The problem was the right shoe (I am a RH) was a grabby rubber material and the left shoe was super smooth.  Well all these years I must be a gragger on my right foot cuz the sticky grabbing rubber made it impossible for me to approach naturally.  Anyone else run into this??  Do they make higher end shoes with replaceable soles and heels for both feet.  I am back to my cheapies and doing fine, though I would like to have shoes to alter the slideability wehn traveling to different houses.
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hi dstanek,

other than buying new shoes, a second option for you might be to add a piece of white "bowlers tape" or teflon "tape" to the sole of your shoe.  this adaptation was shared told to me by my former coach, bill hall(coach to norm
duke and danny wiseman)who often times will use tape to alter their "feel"
for the approach.  it allows the shoe to have some "grip", but at the same time, will allow the shoe to slide/shuffle.

hope this helps.

ppbc

Erm, doesn't the SST5 come with replacable soles and heels?